On Wednesday, anti-Trump protests took place across the United States. The organized movement first spread online with ...

Republicans are considering the proposal after roughly a third of counties in the Prairie state voted to break away ...

Enough people are noticing in Illinois that some counties want to secede from the Land of Lincoln and join a state that isn’t ruled by public unions and their political yes-men. In November ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

The lawsuit argues that the government has authority to regulate immigration, but it needs to work with state and local partners. Chicago and Illinois have some of the strongest protections for ...

Pritzker appears to be taking a jab at President Trump who signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America.

Bloomington High School boys' basketball head coach Micheal Mosley now is the Ward 2 alderman on the City Council.

Grace is the eponymous character of “Alias Grace,” the engaging and suspenseful new production playing at Heartland Theatre Feb. 14-22. The play is Jennifer Blackmer’s adaptation of Margaret Atwood’s ...

Seven states—including Louisiana, Connecticut, and Illinois—strongly preferred heart-shaped fashion. Boots, earrings, and purses are some of the items shown on the map. Three states were outliers.

In Chicago, families are preparing for the possibility of being separated by deportations.

Georgia public schools would have until July 1 to hang posters displaying the Ten Commandments ... Commandments is a foundational document of state and national government. It would add the ...